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Sapper [pseud. H.C. McNeile]. Ronald Standish
£360
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, price ablated from spine.
A pleasing first edition of this collection of short stories by ‘Sapper’, featuring the character Ronald Standish as chief protagonist (appearing previously only in ‘The Saving Clause’ (1927) and ‘Tiny Carteret’ (1930)). Sapper of course most well-known for creating Bulldog Drummond.
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Bookseller’s small sticker to foot of front pastedown, overall VG+; jacket with small tape repair and some rubbing near spine ends at upper panel, o/w VG.
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